Divine Epic Encounter SPOILERS Options

[rbeverjr]

I thought this encounter was hilarious – in a bad joke sort of way. After all, you must defeat it in order to face the final conflict. And there is no setting on the difficulty slider that is less than easy.

During this encounter you will face a Rakasha Prince god, a bunch of horrid and noble Rakasha (Rakashas love to cast Protection from Magic Weapons and Absolute Immunity, yee-hah), a supreme golem, two ultra golems, an elemental golem, a bunch of amber golems, and a coin golem or more. Topping this, the Rakasha Prince has a Repulse Field (or some Star Trek-like name). As near as I can tell, this power will strip you of your buffs (including hardiness), do a little damage, and has a chance of stunning you. Whooo-hooo! I think it may be an area effect power too. This power is in need of some nerfing as far as I’m concerned. The opposition is tough, but this power combined with the opposition is just wrong.

This is by far the toughest fight that I have ever faced in BG2. I am in awe of anyone who can win this battle. I am particularly impressed with someone who can do it on insane. I am absolutely dumbfounded now when considering that thetruth thinks he can win with a single fighter-mage!!!

OK, I struggled through some of the improved encounters in the beginning. Since then, I have had a few very tough battles: the Demon Prince wanting judgment day sword, The Horde in Watcher’s Keep (mostly because of the spell shield bug), and Yaga-Shura. Now, I have run into this brick wall. Please spoil me with detailed tactics to win this battle so I can finish spoiled but otherwise without cheating.

My crew is around levels 33-40: kensai, swashbuckler, inquisitor, stalker, mage-cleric multiclass, and sorceress. (I was ready to upgrade to v 4.3, but at this stage I’m just going to finish the game at v 4.2.)

PS With this encounter as just a prelude to the final conflict, I’m sorry that I may be pestering you experts for more help later on…

This post has been edited by rbeverjr: Jun 19 2007, 03:06 PM

[panama]

The only way for a legitimate solo character to beat the Rakshasa Prince on Insane (using only the game's vanilla items) is to use the Rift Device. No point in engaging him in melee combat as he just regenarates INSANELY fast (4 or 5 hp every second), not to mention he casts Absolute Immunity about 4 times or so that cannot be dispelled/breached and will be back to full health in mere seconds. And that's IF you somehow manage to bring him down to Injured. Even with the best weapons and the help of a buffed up simulacrum, not enough damage can be given out.

The Rift Device is still the most powerful weapon in the game. It will bring him down to Near Death instantly. I really really hate to use this item as it's too cheesy but it looks like there's no other choice sadly. I haven't tried the cleric spell Harm yet, but it most likely won't work anyway as he's immune to spells from level 1 to 7, I believe. I'm surprised Sikret hasn't nerfed the RD (but after reading this post, he probably will in the next release of IA ).


And as for his golems, they just need to be dealt with individually so you can have the opportunity to save the game.

Make sure the Rakshasa Prince and his minions spawn at the exit like so :


1. Rakshasa Prince
2. Ultra Golem (this would spawn in front of him, and prevent him from seeing you, which means he won't cast his summons).

3. Supreme Golem
4. Ultra Golem (these two golems would spawn next to you, but if you run fast you can avoid them from seeing you.


Now immediately run back to any one of the rooms so you can save the game. None of the golems should follow your character hopefully. Then you can lure and deal with the golems one at a time.


By the way, I'm speaking from the point of view of not using the Pasha's help (killed him on purpose )

This post has been edited by panama: Jun 28 2007, 09:25 AM